Who: Verity and Oliver, with Nash and CC When: Wednesday night, starting at 6pm Where: Verity's flat What: Dinner with the parents? Already??
Verity had a posh flat at the top of a high rise in London. It was a Muggle flat in a Muggle building, so she'd had to go the extra steps in getting a fireplace installed and the floo network connected. But her place was rather fashionable, roomy, and had a fantastic view. Unfortunately the sun was setting rather early tonight, and the fog was rolling in, so the view wasn't as wonderful as it could have been. Verity couldn't see all of that out the windows, though, as she was in the kitchen throwing together a meal for the four of them.
Aurelia, Verity's younger sister, was staying with Chase and Lizzy tonight, so that Nash and Celestina could come over to their daughter's place for a dinner. And so they could play with her big screen television. Verity had the music game where you could play plastic instruments and sing along to the music on the telly, and Nash simply went crazy for it. Celestina, too, though she would get frustrated with the drums and insist upon singing the rest of the time.
After setting up the game in the living room, Verity went into the spacious kitchen to check on the only thing she knew how to make from scratch: Lasagna. And she had crusty bread warming in the toaster, and a large tossed salad, and ice cream cake for dessert. It felt like a good meal. She pulled the lasagna from the oven to let it rest, and then pulled off her apron to double-check her dress for sauce stains. Finding none, she tossed the apron aside and headed back into the living room to stock the wet bar with fresh glasses and ice.
That's when she heard a knock at the door. She crossed the room to open it.